Welcome to the Starfish page for the RIT community! Within this site you will find an overview of the academic alert system, training documentation, and FAQ's.

Spring 2155 Academic Alert Progress Surveys*:

Progress Survey 2155-1 will open at 7am on Monday February 15th and close at 11pm on Sunday March 6th.

Progress Survey 2155-2 will open at 7am on Monday March 28th and close at 11pm on Sunday April 17th.

Last day to withdraw with a grade of “W” is April 22, 2016

All 2155 flags will be Cleared on Tuesday May 24th.

*You can send an academic alert at ANY point in the term by using the "Raise Flag" function.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FOR INSTRUCTORS:

Starfish allows the course instructor to easily inform a student that they may be at-risk in specific areas within the course. Advisors assigned to the student also receive notification of the instructors concern. Instructors and advisors can then take a coordinated approach to help students utilize campus resources and develop an action plan.

The progress survey allows an instructor to send alerts related to 4 different aspects of academic performance (attendance, participation, assignments, and tests). Each topic identified as a concern will generate an automated email that goes directly to the student. We ask that you:

Check only ONE box for the performance area of greatest concern

Indicate in the comment box any specifics about the alert, including your concerns related to the other 3 performance areas.

Selecting more than one box triggers separate emails to the student for each area of concern, resulting in multiple emails.

Any time an instructor raises a flag (via progress survey or "Raise Flag") and includes a comment, the comment is embedded in the standardized email and goes directly to the student. Please direct all comments directly to the student.

All comments and messages are stored in the Starfish system and are disclosable under FERPA.

In-person training is highly recommended for instructors to understand the system's additional functionality & communications related to alerts. In the meantime, a user can get a good overview of the system by reviewing the information listed under each of the menu items included on this site.